Last Updated: 27 August 2020
In India, the renaming of cities started from 1947 following the end of British rule in India.
Many Indian state’s names were changed during British Raj in India.
After the Independence of India, People from several states proposed for changing the names as per their local language and various other factors.
Many changes were controversial, and not all proposed changes were implemented. The proposed name had to be approved by the central government in New Delhi to officially rename it.
We present to you a complete list of city name changes in India that had been renamed from 1947 to date.
List Of City Name Changes In India
| No. | Past Name | Present Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alleppey | Alappuzha |
| 2 | Allahabad | Prayagraj (2018) |
| 3 | Amin | Abhimanyupur |
| 4 | Banaras | Varanasi |
| 5 | Bangalore | Bengaluru (2006) |
| 6 | Baroda | Vadodara (1974) |
| 7 | Belgaum | Belagavi (2014) |
| 8 | Bellary | Ballari (2014) |
| 9 | Bijapur | Vijayapura |
| 10 | Calicut | Kozhikode |
| 11 | Cannanore | Kannur |
| 12 | Chirayinkil | Chirayinkeezhu |
| 13 | Chikmagalur | Chikkamagaluru (2014) |
| 14 | Cochin | Kochi (1996) |
| 15 | Cuddapah | Kadapa (2005) |
| 16 | Fort William → Calcutta | Kolkata (2001) |
| 17 | Gauhati | Guwahati (1983) |
| 18 | Gulbarga | Kalburgi (2014) |
| 19 | Gurgaon | Gurugram (2016) |
| 20 | Hospet | Hosapete (2014) |
| 21 | Hubli | Hubballi (2014) |
| 22 | Indravati → Umravti | Amravati |
| 23 | Jajesmow | Jajmau (1948) |
| 24 | Jubbulpore | Jabalpur (1947) |
| 25 | Jeypore | Jaipur |
| 26 | Kanhiyapur → Cawnpore | Kanpur (1948) |
| 27 | Karnavati | Ahmedabad |
| 28 | Kattachakonam | Kesavadasapuram |
| 29 | Lakshmanpuri → Lakhanpur → Lakhnau | Lucknow |
| 30 | Madras | Chennai (1996) |
| 31 | Mangalore | Mangaluru (2014) |
| 32 | Mapuça | Mapusa |
| 33 | Mumba → Boa Baia → Bombay | Mumbai (1995) |
| 34 | Mustafabad | Saraswati Nagar |
| 35 | Mysore | Mysuru (2014) |
| 36 | New Bombay | Navi Mumbai |
| 37 | New Raipur | Atal Nagar (2018) |
| 38 | Ootacamund | Udhagamandalam |
| 39 | Orissa | Odisha |
| 40 | Palghat | Palakkad |
| 41 | Panjim | Panaji |
| 42 | Pataliputra | Patna |
| 43 | Pondicherry | Puducherry (2006) |
| 44 | Poona | Pune |
| 45 | Qila Rai Pithora → Siri → Tughluqabad → Jahanpanah → Kotla Firoz Shah → Purana Qila → Shahjahanabad | Delhi |
| 46 | Quilon | Kollam |
| 47 | Rajahmundry | Rajamahendravaram (2015) |
| 48 | Ratnapur | Latur |
| 49 | Saket | Ayodhya |
| 50 | Shimoga | Shivamogga (2014) |
| 51 | Tanjore | Thanjavur |
| 52 | Thirusirappalli → Trichinopoly → Trichy | Tiruchirappalli (1971) |
| 53 | Thrishivaperur → Trichur | Thrissur |
| 54 | Trivandrum | Thiruvananthapuram (1991) |
| 55 | Tumkur | Tumakuru (2014) |
| 56 | Vizagapatam | Visakhapatnam |
| 57 | Wheeler Island | Abdul Kalam Island (2015) |
List Of State Name Changes In India
| No. | Past Name | Present Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andhra State | Andhra Pradesh (1956) |
| 2 | Madhya Bharat | Madhya Pradesh (1959) |
| 3 | Madras State | Tamil Nadu (1969) |
| 4 | Mysore State | Karnataka (1973) |
| 5 | Orissa | Odisha (2011) |
| 6 | Tipperah | Tripura |
| 7 | Travancore-Cochin | Kerala (1956) |
| 8 | United Provinces | Uttar Pradesh (1950) |
| 9 | Uttaranchal | Uttarakhand (2007) |
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